Focal Points
Compliance under employment law
Restructuring
Works Constitution Law
Litigation (comprehensive representation before labor, civil and social courts)
Dr. Esther Dehmel is a partner at Littler Munich office and advises national and international companies in all areas of employment law, with a focus on compliance, restructuring and works council relations. In her consulting, she always keeps strategic and economic aspects in mind. Her clients appreciate her as a persevering, communicative sparrings partner who helps to develop creative and tailor-made solutions beyond the scope of labor law.
Languages: German, English
Career
Lawyer (Senior Associate) at CMS Germany, 2013–2020
Specialist attorney for labor law since 2015
Lawyer at Baker & McKenzie Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten Steuerberatern mbB, 2011–2013
Admission to the bar in Munich, 2011
Education
Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), 2011
Legal traineeship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court Hamburg, 2008–2010
Doctorate on a labor law topic at the University of Bayreuth, 2007–2009
Business Lawyer (Univ. Bayreuth), 2004
Studied law at the University of Bayreuth, 2002–2007
Articles and entries
Blogpost
Dismissal of severely disabled employees
July 2022
- Dr. Esther Dehmel
According to a ruling of the Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht - BAG), the bypassing of the integration office can, in addition to the invalidity of the termination, give rise to a claim for compensation on the part of severely disabled employees.
Blogpost
News on the recording of working time
June 2021
- Dr. Esther Dehmel
Do the requirements established by the ECJ on the recording of working time apply directly in Germany? The ArbG Emden assumed this, the LAG Lower Saxony overturned a (partial) decision in May 2021.
Blogpost
First draft of the Whistleblower Protection Act
March 2021
- Dr. Esther Dehmel
The first draft for implementing the EU Whistleblowing Directive obliges companies to establish an internal whistleblowing system. Companies should become active at an early stage.